contagiosus

Latin

Etymology

contagium +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.taː.ɡiˈoː.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪äːɡiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ta.d͡ʒiˈo.sus/, [kon̪t̪äd͡ʒiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

contāgiōsus (feminine contāgiōsa, neuter contāgiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contagious, infectious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contāgiōsus	contāgiōsa	contāgiōsum		contāgiōsī	contāgiōsae	contāgiōsa
Genitive	contāgiōsī	contāgiōsae	contāgiōsī		contāgiōsōrum	contāgiōsārum	contāgiōsōrum
Dative	contāgiōsō		contāgiōsō		contāgiōsīs
Accusative	contāgiōsum	contāgiōsam	contāgiōsum		contāgiōsōs	contāgiōsās	contāgiōsa
Ablative	contāgiōsō	contāgiōsā	contāgiōsō		contāgiōsīs
Vocative	contāgiōse	contāgiōsa	contāgiōsum		contāgiōsī	contāgiōsae	contāgiōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: contagiós
• French: contagieux
• Galician: contaxioso
• Italian: contagioso
• Portuguese: contagioso
• Romanian: contagios
• Spanish: contagioso

References

• “contagiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contagiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.